uaoao Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Has the British ever came up with the idea of DPM camo berets?. I know that some countries issue camo berets to the likes of Special Forces. The South African 32 Buffalo Battalion wore camo berets in the border war. Myself, the idea of camo berets is taking things too far lol Didnt the British have somthing similar called the General Service Cap but in khaki? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I would imagine it has something to do with when you will be wearing a beret; if you don't wear it in the field then it just becomes a bit of a soldierly fashion choice? Interestingly enough, many elderly men used to wear a blue beret rather like the British one, here in Poland some 20 years ago. trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Berets are something of a nitroglycerine-like topic for many in the British Army: Paras would be more than likely to remove your head from your shoulders, were you to suggest changing the colour of their beret, for example; for many, the beret colour is a regimental identifier. Here is a list of beret colours, and the regiments that they link to: KhakiFoot Guards, Honourable Artillery Company, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, Royal Anglian Regiment, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, Royal Welsh, Yorkshire Regiment, Royal Gibraltar Regiment, 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA Light greyRoyal Scots Dragoon Guards Dark greyQueen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps BrownKing's Royal Hussars, Royal Wessex Yeomanry BlackRoyal Tank Regiment, W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, Royal Yeomanry Dark (Rifle) greenThe Royal Dragoon Guards, The Queen's Royal Hussars (with broad brow band), The Rifles, Royal Gurkha Rifles, Small Arms School Corps, Essex Yeomanry MaroonParachute Regiment, All ranks serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade (not restricted to Parachute qualified personnel) other than the non Parachute Regiment Infantry Battalion or Army Air Corps and attached Arms personnel. BeigeSpecial Air Service including attached troops who are not SAS-qualified Emerald greySpecial Reconnaissance Regiment Commando GreenCommando qualified personnel serving in Commando units (including the Special Boat Service) Cypress GreenIntelligence Corps Sky blueArmy Air Corps ScarletRoyal Military Police (incl non-RMP attached personnel) GreenAdjutant General's Corps (except Royal Military Police, who wear scarlet; Military Provost Staff and Army Legal Service, who wear navy blue), Military Provost Guard Service Navy blueall other Army units (except Scottish line infantry regiments and the Royal Irish Regiment). Likely as not, you'd probably find a fairly sharp and pointed argument of bayonet-shaped proportions being levelled somewhere sensitive on your person, were you to suggest that they trade in their regimental berets for an army-wide camo beret - this in addition to it being considered a rather peculiarly American fetish-like affectation, and "not the done thing over here, old boy"...! As to field caps, yes the army issued a couple of formats - actually, now, three; the 60-pattern OG "Combat Cap", a slighlty simplified DPM Combat Cap (with a slot on the front of them for a cap badge to be applied), and now, apparently, an MPT combat cap. I'm in agreement with the Paras over the nick-naming of these things - they tend to call them - and apologies for the luggage here - "Crap Caps", or similar more... um... explicit phraseology...! I don't know if the idea has ever been mooted to the General Staff at any point, but given that former Paras and SAS occifers have been CAS in recent years, I tend to think that they may well have told the sponsors of such radical ideas to do the "walk away with short jerky movements" thing Edited June 17, 2014 by Redcap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptMax Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 This is not a DPM beret but it is one of my favorites. It was liberated from Pt. Salines from an "adviser" during the Grenada invasion. This is known as the "Lizard Camo". CaptMax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 This is not a DPM beret but it is one of my favorites. It was liberated from Pt. Salines from an "adviser" during the Grenada invasion. This is known as the "Lizard Camo".CaptMax British Paras in Arnhem used to were a camo net over their berets. I've seen pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZITIM Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 That is just taking it too far! It looks like something that GI joe would wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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